High-entropy alloys for advanced nuclear applications

EJ Pickering, AW Carruthers, PJ Barron… - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The expanded compositional freedom afforded by high-entropy alloys (HEAs) represents a
unique opportunity for the design of alloys for advanced nuclear applications, in particular …

Localized corrosion and mitigation approach of steel materials used in oil and gas pipelines–An overview

AH Alamri - Engineering failure analysis, 2020 - Elsevier
Corrosion has a huge economic and environmental impact on virtually all facets of the
world's infrastructure, from highways, bridges, and buildings to oil and gas, chemical …

[HTML][HTML] Phase-field simulation of nano-α′ precipitates under irradiation and dislocations

W Yang, X Jiang, X Tian, H Hou, Y Zhao - Journal of Materials Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This is the first investigation on the micromorphology and kinetics evolution of Cr-rich α′
precipitates under Cr composition, irradiation and dislocation with the three-dimensional …

Enhancing radiation tolerance by controlling defect mobility and migration pathways in multicomponent single-phase alloys

C Lu, L Niu, N Chen, K Jin, T Yang, P Xiu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
A grand challenge in material science is to understand the correlation between intrinsic
properties and defect dynamics. Radiation tolerant materials are in great demand for safe …

Irradiation effects in high-entropy alloys and their applications

Z Cheng, J Sun, X Gao, Y Wang, J Cui, T Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the one hand, Irradiation is everywhere and irradiation effect, especially the material
irradiation damage effect under strong irradiation field, is one of the key factors for the …

Microstructural stability and mechanical behavior of FeNiMnCr high entropy alloy under ion irradiation

NAPK Kumar, C Li, KJ Leonard, H Bei, SJ Zinkle - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
In recent years, high entropy alloys (HEAs) have attracted significant attention due to their
excellent mechanical properties and good corrosion resistance, making them potential …

Grain-boundary kinetics: A unified approach

J Han, SL Thomas, DJ Srolovitz - Progress in Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Grain boundaries (GBs) are central defects for describing polycrystalline materials, and
playing major role in a wide-range of physical properties of polycrystals. Control over GB …

Enhancing the radiation tolerance of high-entropy alloys via solute-promoted chemical heterogeneities

Z Su, J Ding, M Song, L Jiang, T Shi, Z Li, S Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
High-entropy alloys (HEAs) composed of multiple principal elements have the potential to
offer extraordinary radiation resistance. Using NiCoFeCrMn HEA as a model, here we …

Radiation damage in nanostructured materials

X Zhang, K Hattar, Y Chen, L Shao, J Li, C Sun… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Materials subjected to high dose irradiation by energetic particles often experience severe
damage in the form of drastic increase of defect density, and significant degradation of their …

Materials challenges in nuclear energy

SJ Zinkle, GS Was - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
Nuclear power currently provides about 13% of electrical power worldwide, and has
emerged as a reliable baseload source of electricity. A number of materials challenges must …